OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978650
MARANA FARMS
MARANA, AZ·
Event description
Employee caught and killed by rotating blade of rototiller
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 on January 6, 1989, Employee #1 was tilling Farm Field 25 South in Marana, AZ. Employee #1 got off the International Harvester tractor and went between the tractor and the Howard Rotovator rototiller, model E80. Employ ee #1 was caught by and pulled into the rotating blades, which tore his body int o pieces. Employee #1 was killed. He failed to shut down the machinery before pl acing himself in the danger zone.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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